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Using high-frequency solute synchronies to determine simple two-end-member mixing in catchments during storm events
Nicolai Brekenfeld
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
INRAE, Institut Agro, UMR SAS, Rennes, 35042, France
Solenn Cotel
ITES Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67000, France
Mikaël Faucheux
INRAE, Institut Agro, UMR SAS, Rennes, 35042, France
Paul Floury
Extralab, Paris, 91400, France
Colin Fourtet
ITES Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67000, France
Jérôme Gaillardet
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université de Paris, CNRS, Paris, 75238, France
Sophie Guillon
Centre de Géosciences, MINES ParisTech, PSL University, Fontainebleau, 77300, France
Yannick Hamon
INRAE, Institut Agro, UMR SAS, Rennes, 35042, France
Hocine Henine
INRAE, University of Paris Saclay, UR HYCAR, Antony, 92761, France
Patrice Petitjean
Géosciences Rennes UMR CNRS6118, University Rennes, Rennes, 35042, France
Anne-Catherine Pierson-Wickmann
Géosciences Rennes UMR CNRS6118, University Rennes, Rennes, 35042, France
Marie-Claire Pierret
ITES Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67000, France
INRAE, Institut Agro, UMR SAS, Rennes, 35042, France
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The proposed methodology consists of simultaneously analysing the concentration variation of solute pairs during a storm event by plotting the concentration variation of one solute against the variation of another solute. This can reveal whether two or more end-members contribute to streamflow during a storm event. Furthermore, the variation of the solute ratios during the events can indicate which catchment processes are dominant and which are negligible.
The proposed methodology consists of simultaneously analysing the concentration variation of...
